Examples of impish in a Sentence
the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic
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Keaton played the chaotic, impish spirit Betelgeuse whose name inspired the title of the film.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Yolanda was still impish and unafraid to speak her mind.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
However, while trying to confront grief with a sense of mischief, the movie’s impish tonal approach takes the sting out of death a little too often, rendering its catharsis null.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.
—Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Yolanda was still impish and unafraid to speak her mind.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
However, while trying to confront grief with a sense of mischief, the movie’s impish tonal approach takes the sting out of death a little too often, rendering its catharsis null.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.
—Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Impish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impish. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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